2008
SN9728 : Bettws Penpont Church
taken 16 years ago, near to Trallong, Powys, Wales
Bettws Penpont Church
Bettws Penpont church has no known dedication. It lies in the valley of the Usk 7km west of Brecon. A medieval chapel on this site is a possibility but the present building is almost entirely a Scott creation of the 1860s and contains virtually nothing that pre-dates his edifice. Rebuilt in 1864.
History: on the basis of a statement in a law suit of 1738 which claimed that 'the chapel had belonged to Castell Einon Sais or some religious house' it has been suggested - though not convincingly - that the chapel was founded in the 12thC or 13thC. It formerly went under the name of Bettws or Capel Bettws, and the first identifiable church on the site was a chapel of ease to Llanspyddid, erected by the Williams family, owners of the nearby house of Penpont. Its erection is not dated but by 1738 it was ruinous. A new chapel was built in 1789 and this probably included a tower with a bee-hive top similar to that on the old church at Llansantffraid-juxta-Usk. It was at this time too that the churchyard was walled. In 1864 the chapel was rebuilt in Early English style by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It was given the status of parish church in 1880.
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